Finding Langston
By: Lesa Cline-Ransome
4.34
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
In a debut historical novel about the Great Migration a boy discovers Chicago's postwar South Side …
Want to Read $ 7.99"It's better to read in the library. Sitting at my favorite table by the window reading and listening to the sound of other folks turning pages makes me feel like I'm in a house full of company I don't have to talk to."-Lesa Cline-Ransome, Finding Langston
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1. Ramayana: Divine Loophole
By: Sanjay Patel
4.16
Format: 331 pages, Hardcover
Artist and veteran Pixar animator Sanjay Patel lends a lush, whimsical illustration style and light… read more
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- fiction
2. Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal
By: Margarita Engle
3.80
Format: 25 pages, Hardcover
One hundred years ago, the world celebrated the opening of the Panama Canal, which connected the wo… read more
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3. Just Like Jackie
By: Lindsey Stoddard
3.66
Format: None pages, Hardcover
An extraordinary middle grade debut about an unforgettable heroine and her unconventional family. I… read more
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4. Jacky Ha-Ha (Jacky Ha-Ha, #1)
By: James Patterson , Chris Grabenstein , Kerascoët
4.24
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In his new middle grade novel that debuted at #1 on the New York Timesbestseller list, James Patter… read more
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5. The Lost Library
By: Rebecca Stead
4.14
Format: 215 pages, Hardcover
A little free library guarded by a cat and a boy who takes on the mystery it keeps. When a myst… read more
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- childrens
- juvenile
- middle grade
- fiction
- audiobook
"But aren’t “parents"-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library
"That delicious book smell, his heart said."-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library
"Being a Great Reader means feeling something about books."-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library
"Head high, my dear! Eyes up! Take your place in the world!"-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library
6. The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
By: Nicholas Day
4.15
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A propulsive work of narrative nonfiction about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how t… read more
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- historical
- middle grade
- childrens
- audiobook
"Leonard da Vinci had painted the Mona Lisa. But Vincenzo Perugia had turned it into The Mona Lisa."-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
"The Lourve, he concluded, with an insult designed to puncture French pride, "is less well protected than a Spanish museum."-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
"If the Mona Lisa is the most famous face in art history, Les Demoiselles is a hatchet thrown at it. It's not a pretty painting. Its brutal and uncomfortable."-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
"Word of his midnight activities gets out. 'The pope has found out that I have skinned three corpses,' Leonardo writes in his notebook. He gets off easy. He's simply told: please stop skinning corpses."-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
7. Odder
By: Katherine Applegate
4.25
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Meet Odder, the Queen of Play: Nobody has her moves. She doesn't just swim to the bottom, s… read more
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- audiobook
- poetry
- childrens
- middle grade
- fiction
- juvenile
8. A Rover's Story
By: Jasmine Warga
4.28
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A middle grade novel about the journey of a fictional Mars rover. Meet Resilience, a Mars rover… read more
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- childrens
- juvenile
- middle grade
- fiction
- audiobook
9. Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir
By: Pedro Martín
4.27
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A poignant, hilarious, and unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican-American boy’s family and t… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- family
"It was like the driveway at Disneyland but with way more automatic weapons."-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir
"I like to say that my stories are 100% true 90% of the time. My memory and my heart like to play tricks on each other. The results are what makes my stories."-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir
10. From the Desk of Zoe Washington (Zoe Washington, #1)
By: Janae Marks
4.29
Format: 291 pages, Hardcover
Zoe Washington isn’t sure what to write. What does a girl say to the father she’s never met, hadn’t… read more
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- audiobook
- childrens
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- juvenile
"I’d already waited twelve years to speak to Marcus. How much longer would I have to wait for the truth?"-Janae Marks, From the Desk of Zoe Washington (Zoe Washington, #1)
11. The One and Only Ruby (The One and Only #3)
By: Katherine Applegate
4.28
Format: 210 pages, Hardcover
Ruby’s story picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob. Now living in a wildli… read more
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- childrens
- juvenile
- middle grade
- fiction
- audiobook
12. Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)
By: Dan Gemeinhart
4.54
Format: 282 pages, Hardcover
From #1 New York Times-bestselling author Dan Gemeinhart comes a standalone companion to the critic… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- audiobook
"But it's not the sandwich that matter Coyote. It's someone bringing you the sandwich."-Dan Gemeinhart, Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)
"I'm gonna go ahead a fast-forward the story a bit here. Because, basically some boring stuff happened and then some very exciting stuff happened, and I think it's best to just skip the crust and go s…"-Dan Gemeinhart, Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)
13. Midnight at the Barclay Hotel
By: Fleur T. Bradley
4.05
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Hunting ghosts and solving the case before checkout? All in a weekend's work. When JJ Jacobson c… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
- audiobook
14. Wildoak
By: C.C. Harrington
4.34
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Maggie’s stutter makes going to school hard. She will do almost anything to avoid speaking in class… read more
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- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
15. Frizzy
By: Claribel A. Ortega
4.48
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
A middle grade graphic novel about Marlene, a young girl who stops straightening her hair and embra… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- juvenile
"We learn things from our parents, who learn things from their parents, who learned that from their parents. It doesn't make those things okay to believe..."-Claribel A. Ortega, Frizzy
16. Tree. Table. Book.
By: Lois Lowry
4.39
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Everyone knows the two Sophies are best friends. One is in elementary school, and one is . . . well… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
17. A Wish in the Dark
By: Christina Soontornvat
4.29
Format: 384 pages, ebook
Newbery Medal Honor Title (2021) A boy on the run. A girl determined to find him. All light i… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
- juvenile
"You can't run away from darkness. It's everywhere. The only way to see through it is to shine a light."-Christina Soontornvat, A Wish in the Dark
"The world wasn't what I wanted it to be," Pong went on. "Not Chattana. Not even Tanaburi. I thought if I ran far enough, I could find that perfect place where life is fair and everything is good. But…"-Christina Soontornvat, A Wish in the Dark
18. Finding Langston
By: Lesa Cline-Ransome
4.34
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
In a debut historical novel about the Great Migration a boy discovers Chicago's postwar South Side … read more
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- audiobook
- poetry
- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- fiction
- historical fiction
- family
- african american
- juvenile
"It's better to read in the library. Sitting at my favorite table by the window reading and listening to the sound of other folks turning pages makes me feel like I'm in a house full of company I don'…"-Lesa Cline-Ransome, Finding Langston
19. The Night War
By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
4.04
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From the two-time Newbery Honor-winning author of The War That Saved My Life and Fighting Words com… read more
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- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
20. Maizy Chen's Last Chance
By: Lisa Yee
4.29
Format: 277 pages, Hardcover
Welcome to The Golden Palace! Maizy has never been to Last Chance, Minnesota. . . until now. Her… read more
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- audiobook
- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- fiction
- historical fiction
- family
- juvenile
"When you're in a position to help, that means you're in a good place in your own life."-Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen's Last Chance
"Sometimes people don't know their dreams until they're in it. Other times, their dreams escape them because they are too busy being busy."-Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen's Last Chance
21. Across So Many Seas
By: Ruth Behar
4.12
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Spanning over 500 years, Pura Belpré Award winner Ruth Behar's epic novel tells the stories of four… read more
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- audiobook
- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- fiction
- historical fiction
- family
- juvenile
22. Echo Mountain
By: Lauren Wolk
4.26
Format: 356 pages, Hardcover
A young heroine in Depression-era Maine is navigating the rocky terrain of her new life on Echo Mou… read more
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- audiobook
- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- fiction
- historical fiction
- family
- juvenile
"You want to know?"-Lauren Wolk, Echo Mountain
"Blame comes from the Greek for “curse"-Lauren Wolk, Echo Mountain
"The things we need to learn to do, we learn to do by doing."-Lauren Wolk, Echo Mountain
"Maybe she’ll wake up soon and come back to what she used to be...or what she’ll be next"-Lauren Wolk, Echo Mountain
23. They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid's Poems
By: David Bowles
4.07
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
An award-winning novel in verse about a boy who navigates the start of seventh grade and life growi… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
24. Barracoon: Adapted for Young Readers: The Story of the Last Black Cargo
By: Zora Neale Hurston
4.35
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
In the first middle grade offering from Zora Neale Hurston and Ibram X. Kendi, young readers are in… read more
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- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- african american
- audiobook
25. The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez
By: Adrianna Cuevas
4.03
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
All Nestor Lopez wants is to live in one place for more than a few months and have dinner with his … read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
- audiobook
26. Simon B. Rhymin' (Simon B. Rhymin', #1)
By: Dwayne Reed
4.01
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A humorous and heartwarming bounce-to-the-beat underdog story about a young rapper whose rhymes hel… read more
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- audiobook
- childrens
- middle grade
- fiction
- african american
- juvenile
27. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (Tristan Strong, #1)
By: Kwame Mbalia
4.18
Format: 482 pages, Hardcover
Seventh-grader Tristan Strong feels anything but strong ever since he failed to save his best frien… read more
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- audiobook
- childrens
- middle grade
- fiction
- african american
- juvenile
"Can’t live your life with grief whispering in your ear, pulling you this way and that. But you can’t shove it in a drawer deep inside yourself, neither. Naw, you got to sit grief down and talk to it.…"-Kwame Mbalia, Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (Tristan Strong, #1)
28. The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1)
By: Lev Grossman
3.99
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Dear Uncle Herbert,You've never met me, but I'm your niece Kate, and since it is my birthday tomorr… read more
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- childrens
- juvenile
- middle grade
- fiction
- audiobook
"Privately Kate thought that for a guy in a banana-yellow suit he was turning out to be a pretty sharp operator."-Lev Grossman, The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1)
"For a certain kind of person there is literally nothing nicer than eating breakfast by yourself on a moving train with a good book."-Lev Grossman, The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1)
29. Take Back the Block
By: Chrystal D. Giles
4.29
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Wes Henderson has the best style in sixth grade. That--and hanging out with his crew (his best frie… read more
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- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- juvenile
30. Knights vs. Dinosaurs
By: Matt Phelan
3.79
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Let me tell you a secret about the Knights of the Round Table: they don’t have much to do. The real… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
- juvenile
31. A Galaxy of Sea Stars
By: Jeanne Zulick Ferruolo
4.36
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
At a time when everything in her small town of Seaside, Rhode Island, seems like it’s changing, ele… read more
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- childrens
- fiction
- juvenile
